Improvement in harness



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D. S, CARRICK. HARNESS.

No.179,Z55. Patented June 27,1876.

N-PETERS, FNOfO-UTHOGRAPNER, WISHINGTON. D G.

2 Sheets-SheetZ. D. S. CAR RICKJ HARNESS.

No.179,265. I Patented June 27,1876.

N.FETER8, FNOYO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D .C-

DAVID S. GARRIOK, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I 79,265, dated J one27, 1876; application filed December 11, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, DAVID S. GARRIGK, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county,Ohio, have invented a new and useful Strip for Preventing Attrition fromHarness-Saddles, of which the following is a specification 'My-inventionrelates to an attachment or appendage for the under side ofharnesssaddles, intended to relieve the animals back from the severeattrition of the saddle;

and my device consists essentially of a'broad flat strap of leather, ofthe herein-represented or other suitable shape, whose ends beingstrapped or buckled fast to the saddle-flaps, only cause said appendageto bear upon and embrace the animals back or withers, and to allow thesaddle to surge forward and backward or from side to side, withoutrubbing or galling the animal, with whose'back the saddle itself is, infact, prevented from coming in contactf The aforesaid strip is arrangedin such a manner as to be easily applied to any saddle, and when onceproperly secured in position, it readily accommodates itself to theanimals back.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of aharnesssaddle, with my improved strip applied thereto. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the strip, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the same; Fig. 4is a perspective view of the strip applied to the harness-sad dle.

The strip consists of a broad strap or band of leather, A, of a-singlethickness, and about eighteen or twenty-four inches long,,and from fourto twelve inches wide at its midlength. The shape of this strip is moreclearly shown in Fig. 3; and by referring to said illustration it willbe noticed that the rear edge of the strip is slightly concaved at B,while its front edge 0 is made somewhat convex.

The dotted line running longitudinally of the strip in the illustrationis the center or median line of the device, and it will be observed thatthe distance from this line to the front edge 0 is considerably greaterthan the distance from said line to the rear edge B. By imparting thispeculiar shape to the strip it is caused to fit snugly upon the horseswithers, and without irritating the animals back. The ends of the stripare rounded at D D, so as not to interfere with any part of the harness.

In order that the device may be readily applied to any saddle, the stripis slotted near its ends, as at E E, for the reception of straps F F,having perforations Gr G and buckles H H. These straps are long enoughto pass around the flaps I I of a saddle, .J While the midlength oftliestrip is bent upwardly. so as to fit over the horses back, and withoutcoming in contact with the saddle-arch. The strip then serves as asmooth and uniform bearing interposed between the saddle and the horsesback, and consequently all friction is taken up by this strip and notimposed on the horse. Furthermore, said strip prevents the cushions ofthe saddle being defiled with perspiration from the animal. The stripbeing somewhat broader than the saddle the latter is free to haveconsiderable play back and forth without galling the horse; and thestrip is also effective in preventing any irritation that might beproduced by the saddle shifting from side to side, the straps F F 7serving as bearings to allow the play of saddle.

Any convenient form of retaining devices may be substituted for thestraps and buckles herein specified. The strips may be made of variouslengths and widths, so as to cover a greater or less portion of thehorses back and sides. The precise shapeof strips may be made at will,as the gist of my invention consists in the detachable strap or bandconnected to the saddle or its flaps, and interposed between the saddleproper and the animals back.

I claim as my invention- The leather strip A, provided at each end withmeans for attachment to the saddle-flaps, in combination with aharness-saddle, whereby the saddle is permitted to move freely back andforth upon and over the strip, for the purpose described.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

DAVID S. GARRIOK. Attest:

GEo. H. KNIGHT, WALTER KNIGHT.

